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Will other search engines not be subject to the same ridiculous legislation?
by sidibe 6y ago
Will other search engines not be subject to the same ridiculous legislation?
- Rebelgecko 6y agoNot necessarily, the law is written so that it can be targeted against only specific search engines.
- paul_f 6y agoAustralians lose access to Google search, and the newspapers don't make a dime. Sounds like an awfully dumb law to me.
- jackvalentine 6y agoI’m not convinced it would be a great loss, and the natural experiment would be very interesting!
- gozilla 6y agoGoogle loses access to what Australians search for, Australians lose nothing of value.
- jariel 6y agoYes, but that's besides the point. 40M Aussies will 'discover' very materially how to use all those other search engines. Also - I think this is an interesting experiment in news and power. Google should be very, very afraid that governments are taking major steps because other governments will follow suit. If it's a massive payday for Aussie news outlets, you can be 100% assured that every other nation will follow suit. Honestly it may help solve the 'news' problem. Maybe not, but it's worth a try.
- tinus_hn 6y agoWill a site like HackerNews not be subject to the same ridiculous legislation?
- jariel 6y agoNo because HN it not including content.